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List 5 & 6 Vocabulary
lists 5 & 6
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English
9th Grade
12/11/2011

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lethargic
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sluggish; dull ; drowsy
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mercenary
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greedy; serving for pay only as mercenary troops
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myopic
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nearsighted
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meticulous
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extremely careful about details; painstaking
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naive
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childlike; artless; lacking in worldy vison
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nebulous
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cloudy; vague; indefinite
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occult
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beyond human understanding; mysterious
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opaque
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not letting light through; unintelligent; obscure
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petulant
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peevish; fretful
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picayune
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petty; trivial; contemptible
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nostalgic
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homesick; yearning for what is past or far away
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ominous
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threatening ; menacing
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ostentatious
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showy and pretentious so as to attract attention
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phlegmatic
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sluggish; slow to move or become excited
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prolific
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fruitful; producing many works
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raucous
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rough-sounding; hoarse; boisterious
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sardonic
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sarcastic; cynical
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sinuous
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winding; curving in and out; serpentine
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sacrilegious
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impious; profaning what is held sacred
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sanctimonious
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pretending to be very holy
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sedentary
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involving sitting; very inactive
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sinister
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hinting of imminent danger; threatening harm
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spurious
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false; not genuine
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pusillanimous
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cowardly; fainthearted
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tactiturn
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not inclined to talk; uncommunicative
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decry
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to denounce; to condemn; to disparage
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edify
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to instruct; to enlighten spiritually
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jettison
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to throw cargo overboard in an emergency
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mollify
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to make less angry; to soothe; to appease
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rankle
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to cause resentment; to fester; to irritate
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venerable
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worth of reverence; revered
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succinct
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concise; terse; brief and meaningful
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vacuous
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empty; stupid
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verbose
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wordy; long-winded; loquacious; garrulous
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loquacious
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talkative
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zealous
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ardently devoted to a cause; enthusiastic
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verdant
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green; covered in grass; unsophisticated
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indolent
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lazy; idol
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insipid
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without flavor; tasteless; dull
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inclement
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stormy; without leniency
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luminous
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shining; clear; bright
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morbid
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excessively interested in gruesome matter
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skeptical
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doubting; questioning; not easily convinced
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salutary
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beneficial; having a good effect
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scurrilous
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foul-mouthed; grossly abusive
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squalid
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wretched; poverty-stricken in appearance
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staid
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sedate; settled
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stalwart
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strong; valiant; unyielding
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suave
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smoothly pleasant and polite; urbane
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surreptitious
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secret; stealthy; sneaky
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tepid
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lukewarm
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terse
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concise; to the point; succinct
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voracious
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greedy; gluttonous; insatiable
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ubiquitous
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omnipresent; prevalent; widespread
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innocuous
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harmless; inoffensive
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capricious
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fickle; constantly changing; unpredictable; flighty
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thwart
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to prevent from accomplishing a purpose; to hinder
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tipple
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to drink liquor frequently
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skulk
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to move about furtively; to lurk; to shirk
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swelter
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to suffer or perspire from oppressive heat
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equivocate
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to be ambiguous purposefully; to hedge; to mislead
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